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** Over entrance (“Enter”) and exit (“Depart”) of Dexter gate (gift of Class of 1890) to Harvard Yard, erected 1901.<ref>[https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2005/12/enter-to-grow-in-wisdom/ Enter to grow in wisdom: A tour of Harvard’s gates], Ken Gewertz, ''The Harvard Gazette'', December 15, 2005</ref> |
** Over entrance (“Enter”) and exit (“Depart”) of Dexter gate (gift of Class of 1890) to Harvard Yard, erected 1901.<ref>[https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2005/12/enter-to-grow-in-wisdom/ Enter to grow in wisdom: A tour of Harvard’s gates], Ken Gewertz, ''The Harvard Gazette'', December 15, 2005</ref> |
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** Alternatives Eliot considered included “Enter ''daily'' to grow in wisdom,” and “Depart to serve better thy country and ''mankind''.”<ref>[https://harvardmagazine.com/2013/07/gates-of-harvard-yard The Gates of Harvard Yard], ''Harvard Magazine'', 2013 July 18</ref><ref>''The Gates of Harvard Yard: The Complete Story, in Words and Pictures, of a Great University’s Iconic Portals''</ref> |
** Alternatives Eliot considered included “Enter ''daily'' to grow in wisdom,” and “Depart to serve better thy country and ''mankind''.”<ref>[https://harvardmagazine.com/2013/07/gates-of-harvard-yard The Gates of Harvard Yard], ''Harvard Magazine'', 2013 July 18</ref><ref>''The Gates of Harvard Yard: The Complete Story, in Words and Pictures, of a Great University’s Iconic Portals''</ref> |
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** Used by schools including Brigham Young University, Delaware State University, Tennessee State University, Keene State College, and Oakland City College.<ref name="deseret">https://www.deseretnews.com/article/695197761/BYU-not-alone-in-using-motto-enter-to-learn.html</ref> |
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** Sometimes parodied as: “Enter to learn; go forth to earn.”<ref name="deseret"/> |
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==Quotes about Eliot== |
==Quotes about Eliot== |
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Charles William Eliot (March 20, 1834 – August 22, 1926) was an American academic who served as Harvard University's president from 1869 until 1909.
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Quotes
- A university teaches. What does it teach? It must obviously teach all the languages in which the great literatures which have been preserved were written — Hebrew, Arabic, Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, French, Italian, German, Scandinavian, and English.
- Z. Elmarsafy; A. Bernard; D. Attwell (13 June 2013). Debating Orientalism. Springer. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-137-34111-2.
- Enter to grow in wisdom. / Depart to serve better thy country and thy kind.
- Over entrance (“Enter”) and exit (“Depart”) of Dexter gate (gift of Class of 1890) to Harvard Yard, erected 1901.[1]
- Alternatives Eliot considered included “Enter daily to grow in wisdom,” and “Depart to serve better thy country and mankind.”[2][3]
- Widely paraphrased as:
- Enter to learn; go forth to serve.
- Used by schools including Brigham Young University, Delaware State University, Tennessee State University, Keene State College, and Oakland City College.[4]
- Sometimes parodied as: “Enter to learn; go forth to earn.”[4]
Quotes about Eliot
- Eliot revolutionized the Harvard curriculum, transforming a moribund academic system for training clergy into a modern research institution at the forefront of American and international scholarship.
- Z. Elmarsafy; A. Bernard; D. Attwell (13 June 2013). Debating Orientalism. Springer. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-137-34111-2.
External links
- ↑ Enter to grow in wisdom: A tour of Harvard’s gates, Ken Gewertz, The Harvard Gazette, December 15, 2005
- ↑ The Gates of Harvard Yard, Harvard Magazine, 2013 July 18
- ↑ The Gates of Harvard Yard: The Complete Story, in Words and Pictures, of a Great University’s Iconic Portals
- ↑ a b https://www.deseretnews.com/article/695197761/BYU-not-alone-in-using-motto-enter-to-learn.html